We know He rose again and appeared to 500 at once and on other occasions as well

We know He ascended to The Father and is seated there right now

We know He is the King of all creation

We know the difference He makes in human lives

We know how He changed us

We know we have something to say

Acknowledge our hearers’ religiosity (Acts 17:22)

Identify a common point of contact (Acts 17:23) (e.g. In Athens it was the altar with the inscription “To An Unknown God”)

Explain to them how Jesus is the God we know and what he expects (Acts 17:30-31)

Become familiar with the teachings of our hearers

Be aware that not everyone will react positively (Acts 17:32-34)

Lord, open our eyes and minds to the ‘fields for harvest’ and give us the courage to ‘get out there’.

Is there anything else that is better worth as along life's way we plod,
Than to find some wand'ring soul of earth and bring him home to God.
I would rather find a soul that's lost and bring him home again,
Than to win all that earth's acres cost or all the wealth of men.
How glad I'd be when that day was done in taking my last breath,
To know a word of mine had won and saved a soul from death.